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Nostradamus
Introduction of a Wikipedia article. Complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame, usually
Latin
to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best
kn
for his book Les Propheties ( "The Prophecies "), the
fir
edition of which appeared in 1555.
Sin
the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted a
fol
that, along with the popular press, credits him with predicting
ma
major world events. The prophecies have in
so
cas
been assimilated to the results of applying the alleged
Bi
code, as
we
as to other
purpor
prophetic works. Most academic sources maintain
th
the associations
ma
betw
world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or
mistranslatio
(sometimes deliberate) or
el
are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that
anyo
has ever
interpret
any of Nostradamus's quatrains
sp
enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance.